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Canada: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

11.22percent · 2023-13.7% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Canada from 2008 to 2023.

20082023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202311.224
202211.878
202111.231
20209.953
201912.652
201812.934
201712.94
201612.663
201512.745
201412.989
201313.002
201212.858
201112.713
201012.621
200912.573
200812.498

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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